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After a long day at the office, you hang your dress pants up (maintaining that razor-sharp crease, of course) and turn off the closet light. The next morning, when you walk into the closet, you find your perfectly hung pants lying in a lump on the floor.<\/p>\n

There are special hangers out there that’ll prevent this kind of pant-slippage, but they’re not necessary if you use this handy dandy hanging trick. Employed by tailors around the world, the sartorial hack illustrated above will ensure that your well-ironed dress pants never again slide off the hanger.<\/p>\n

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After a long day at the office, you hang your dress pants up (maintaining that razor-sharp crease, of course) and turn off the closet light. The next morning, when you walk into the closet, you find your perfectly hung pants lying in a lump on the floor. 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